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Why Do You Wear the Clothes You Do? Answer a Survey and Be Part of This Amazing New Book

It's one of the first questions prospective fashion writers or designers are asked to consider when they start their studies—and something hotly debated (or, at least, a premise upon which entire editorial bodies of work are built) at women's magazines.

The question: Why do women wear what we wear?

It's a broad and profound subject—something that involves culture and addresses gender roles, feminism, sexuality, aesthetics, personal taste, philosophies, idealisms, and so much more. And it would take a tome—or more—to even scratch the surface.

Authors Leanne Shapton, Sheila Heti, and Heidi Julavits are hoping to do just that. In an upcoming book called Women in Clothes, which will be published in fall 2014, Shapton, Heti, and Julavits will be compiling interviews, conversations, drawings, and more from writers, artists, and other creatives—including Cindy Sherman, Molly Ringwald, Miranda July, and Eileen Myles—that explore the subject of how women dress.

Most of the questions are really thought-provoking—a nice change of pace when we're all usually too busy rushing around to really consider what we're putting on our bodies in the morning.

Some of our favorites: · When do you feel at your most attractive? · What are some dressing rules that you wouldn't necessarily recommend to anyone else, but which you follow? · Do you consider yourself photogenic? When you see yourself in photographs, what do you think? · How does how you dress play into your ambitions for yourself? · Tell us about something in your closet that you keep but never wear. What is it, why don't you wear it, and why do you keep it?

If you like, take the survey right here—and, if you please, share some of your favorite answers in the comments, below!